Elastic heel-protector.



E. HAAP.

ELASTIG HEEL PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 13, 1914.

Patented Jan.12.1915.

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1HE NDRRIS PETERS CO., PHOTG-L/THO., WASHfNGRJN4 D. cA

ERNST HAAF, OF DONAUESCHINGEN, GERMANY.`

ELASTIC HEEL-PROTECTOR'.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

' Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Application filed April 13, 1914. Serial No. 831,547.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, ERNST HAAF, a sub]ect of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Donaueschingen, Baden, Germany, have 1nvented a certain Elastic Heel-Protector, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a heel protector for boots and the like, and consistsl of a metal plate having raised edges forming a recess within which to accommodate an elastic pad. The plate is provided with apertures in which to guide a plurality of projecting studs forming the tread and having flat heads arranged between the plate and the elastic pad, the latter being disposed between the plate and the ordinary heel. rlhe studs, while being thus capable of yielding resiliently under the weight of the user, protects the heel from wear and prevents slipping.

In the accompanying drawings the invention is illustrated, Figure 1 representing a view of the heel protector without the studs and as seen from the outside, Fig. 2, an inside view of the protector, Fig. 3, a crosssection of the protector as applied to the heel, Fig. 4:, three views showing various forms of the studs, and Fig. 5, a plan and a cross-section of the elastic pad.

A metal plate l, shaped like the heel and being preferably made of aluminium, is provided Wth raised edges forming a space within which an elastic pad 2, preferably made of rubber, is accommodated. The metal plate is provided with apertures in which to guide the Shanks of a plurality of headed studs 3, the latter being held in posiprotector thus formed is applied to thev heel l 5, as shown in Fig. 8, so that the'pad 2 faces j' the heel and is covered by the plateboth, being secured in position by means of screws 4. The studs 3, which bear against the pad 2, project through the metal plate and take v the thrust as well as the wear. |The pad 2, although covered up and protected from wear other than that caused by the actionv of the studs 3, yet produces the required resiliency. The studs, which can easily be replaced by fresh ones when worn out, may be provided with pointed, milled or rounded ends, as shown in Fig. 4, according to the nature of the boot and to the purpose for which it is used. o

I claim A heel protector for boots Land the like comprising a metal plate having apertures and having raised edges with which to bear against the heel, an elastic pad accommodated within the space formed by said edges between the plate and theheel, and a plural'- ity of headed studs guided in said apertures in said plate and projecting through the latter so as to take the thrust, the heads of said studs being arranged between the plate and the pad so as to bear against the latter, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ERNST HAAF.

Witnesses F. R. JEWETT, CHARLES A. HALLEY, Jr. f

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